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The Andalusian dialects (also called Andaluz) of European Spanish are spoken in Andalusia. There is not a unified dialect for all Andalusia. The dialect can change from province to province but there are a series of common features such as: A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...
Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 2nd 87 268 km² 17,2% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 1st 7 478 432 17,9% 85,70/km² Demonym...
- Seseo (pronunciation of 'c' (before e and i) and 'z' as a 's', or more formally: the phonemes /s/ and /T/ of standard have mixed into a single phoneme articulated [s]), although ceceo (pronunciation of 's' as 'th', or more formally: the phonemes /s/ and /T/ of standard have mixed into a single phoneme articulated [T]) still exists in some parts of Andalusia, mainly in rural areas.
- Intervocalic 'd' is elided in certain sufixes, especially past participles.
- Final 's' is usually aspirated (articulated [h]) or just omitted.
- Syllable-final 'l' or 'r' may be confused with one another, but 'r' seems to predominate, as in 'arma' instead of 'alma'.
- Words of Latin origin starting with 'h' in writing (that is, that have kept the etymological 'H' in writing) are pronounced with an initial 'j' [h] sound. However, this characteristic is limited to rural areas and the flamenco culture.
- Many words of Andalusi Arabic origin that have become obsolete or unknown in general Spanish
Andalusia is the most populated region of Spain and there are other regions which have very similar dialects to the Andalusian such as Extremadura, Murcia or Canary Islands. Andalusi Arabic was a dialect of the Arabic language spoken in Al-Andalus, the regions of Spain under Muslim rule. ...
Capital Mérida Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 5th 41 634 km² 8,2% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 073 050 2,6% 25,77/km² Demonym – English – Spanish — extremeño/a Statute of Autonomy February 26, 1983 ISO 3166-2 EX Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats...
Murcia is a city in southeastern Spain, and is the capital of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, on the Segura river. ...
Canaries Capitals Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 13th 7 447 km² 1,5% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 8th 1 843 755 4,4% 247,58/km² Demonym – English – Spanish Canary Islander canario/a Statute of Autonomy August 16...
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